Decennial Cause of Death by Age & Sex for under 5s

Data for 01 Jan 1861 to 31 Dec 1870:

Sex = Male	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	44	19	12	10	7
Measles	63	97	62	34	26
Scarlatina	94	171	189	156	135
Diphtheria	15	20	11	8	4
Whooping-cough	167	150	61	28	20
Typhus	28	22	29	21	29
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	484	147	27	10	7
Cholera	25	7	1	3	1
Other Zymotic Diseases	54	51	40	22	10
Cancer	0	0	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	340	200	60	29	19
Phthisis	23	14	13	10	11
Hydrocephalus	137	85	37	14	16
Diseases of Brain	1,055	191	68	36	16
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	15	7	10	4	10
Diseases of Lungs	623	302	122	63	37
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	136	18	13	7	7
Diseases of Kidneys	0	2	0	1	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	2	0	0	0	0
Diseases of Joints	3	1	2	6	3
Diseases of Skin	11	4	0	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	42	32	20	9	23
Other Causes	1,680	161	33	21	10

Sex = Female	Age in single years between birth & 5
Cause of Death (RG 1860s DS definition)	0	1	2	3	4
Small-pox	38	25	14	15	12
Measles	43	135	58	26	19
Scarlatina	63	171	175	184	107
Diphtheria	11	9	9	12	7
Whooping-cough	172	157	93	45	27
Typhus	9	36	30	32	21
Diarrhoea & Dysentery	448	154	27	6	5
Cholera	16	7	1	2	0
Other Zymotic Diseases	42	53	46	26	21
Cancer	0	1	0	0	0
Scrofula & Tabes	266	193	82	30	15
Phthisis	20	11	12	7	10
Hydrocephalus	119	75	34	19	17
Diseases of Brain	793	182	41	33	26
Diseases of Heart & Dropsy	16	8	10	8	3
Diseases of Lungs	520	295	125	68	38
Diseases of Stomach & Liver	87	16	6	3	3
Diseases of Kidneys	1	5	1	1	0
Diseases of Generative Organs	0	0	0	1	0
Diseases of Joints	4	1	0	2	2
Diseases of Skin	14	5	2	0	0
Childbirth & Metria	0	0	0	0	0
Suicide	0	0	0	0	0
Other Violent Deaths	35	14	17	14	12
Other Causes	1,269	178	40	16	15

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Date:	Source:
1861 - 1870	Registrar General, Decennial Supplement (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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Date:	Acknowledgments:
1861 - 1870	Robert Woods (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

 

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